Pot-bail holder



(No Model.)

M. A. GOGLEY.

POT BAIL HOLDER.

Patented June 28', 1898.

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MARCUS A. COGLEY, OF CROTON, NEW YORK.

POT-BAIL HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,276,dated June 28, 1898. Application filed February 1, 1898- Serial No. 668 ,697. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARCUS A. OOGLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Croton, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pot-Bail Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to domestic cooking utensils that are provided with bails for handles, and has for its object a removable device for holding the bail in a vertical posit-ion when the vessel is on the stove with heated or heating contents for the purpose of protecting the hand from scalding while handling the bail.

The object is attained by the means set forth in the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views. 7

Figure I illustrates the holder applied to a kettle. Fig. II is a top view of the same. Figs. III and IV are side elevations of the holder. Figs. V and VI represent the forms of springs used on the holders, enlarged in form. I

The application of the holder is intended, preferably to be to the ear of a pot or kettle, as 2, Fig. I, 1 representing a section of a kettle. It may, however, be shaped so as to be applicable to the edge of the vessel itself; but such an application would interfere with the placing of a cover on the vessel.

The holder consists of a metallic clampingpost 1), Figs. I and- III. This post may be drop-forged, machined, or it may be cast into shape. The bottom notched end dis adapted for either thin or thick pot-ears and is provided with a binding-screw c for securing the holder in place. The upper end is grooved,

as at c, Fig. III, to receive a spring shaped as shown in Figs. II and V, or the holder 1) may be shaped as in Fig. IV, in which case the spring would be shaped as in Fig. VI. The necessity for shaping the spring as in ing the holder as in Fig. IV if a spring is used, as shown in Fig. VI, arises from the fact that the ear 2 and bail 3 do not occupy the same vertical plane. The spring may be of stiff spring-wire or of a flattened spring metal; but the groove 6 would of course correspond to the shape of spring used. The spring should be free enough in its hold upon the post 11 to admit of its being turned with the fingers, but should not be so loose as to swing so freely as to make it troublesome to engage the pot-bail with it. The spring may be fast instead of movable; but I prefer to make it adjustable. The free ends of the spring are turned outwardly, as at 0, Figs. V and VI, so that the bail may be easily pushed to its place between them. The lower end of the post 19 is broadened, so it may aid in holding the post in a vertical position in this manner: Pressure against the spring a might push the spring away from the bail, the post turning on the screw-point as a pivot. The broad end of the post, however, extending close to the bail-hook below the screw would derive support from contact with the hook if the post moved at all.

In the making of this device I do not wish to be restricted to the particular forms herein shown so long as I adhere to the principles of the'invention.

. What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is r A pot-bail holder comprising a post slotted to receive a lug of the pot and a thumb-screw for securing the post thereto, the post having a spring on its upper end adapted to receive and hold the bail,substantially as shown and described.

MARCUS A. OOGLEY.

Witnesses:

H. ANDERSON, F. R. MANsER,J r.

Fig. V for a holder, as in Fig. III, or of mak- 

